Category: Love Your Home

We are moving. We’re leaving a 2400 square foot home in Irmo, and heading to our smaller lake house for full-time lakeside living. I’m happy we’ll have just one home to clean, to maintain and to pay taxes on. But we have a problem… For years and years we have collected rocks, dishes, glassware, ceramics,…

Sleep Better Device This is a system that monitors your sleep from a device that you put under your mattress. The under-mattress gizmo analyzes your sleep – all your tossing, turning and goodness-knows-what-else you do up-top, and then provides environmental sensing to a Bedside Device that emits light and sound programs to help you fall…

Sun Proofing Your Home When spending time in bright Carolina sunshine, you quickly learn to appreciate sunscreen. One BAD sunburn that makes sitting or sleeping is painful will teach you to take protective measures with yourself and family in the future. What about defending your home? Expensive items like rugs, furniture (especially leather or fabric),…

Lighten Up Now is the time to add stylish outdoor lighting to your home. Solar Hanging Gazing Balls by Evergreen Enterprises add a subtle glow to gardens and patios. These lights are also eco-friendly, which is good for the environment! Styles range from Multi Mosaic and Mosaic Blue, while the Night Garden collection remains the…

Outdoor Sanctuary Appreciate the beauty of your outdoor surroundings even more from your own gazebo. Websites like Freebies.about.com offer FREE gazebo plans complete with building tips, images, videos, diagrams and more to design the hub of your social life, or a secluded sanctuary. Here’s a direct link. Let the Sunshine In Thinking about adding a…

Laurel Crest offers a perfect balance between vibrancy and security in retirement living!A lifestyle that includes all the amenities of city living, Columbia’s best attractions, an amazing range of restaurants and more. Whether you choose to get out and have a night on the town, or stay in and soak in the gorgeous view of the…

“A house is just a place to keep your stuff while you go out and get more stuff.” “That’s what a house is… a pile of stuff with a roof on it.” Remember those lines from George Carlin? I think most of us 50+ funhavers come to a point where we wish we didn’t have…